[olug] Amarok 2 is finally out.

[T. J. Brumfield]

2.0 is .0 release, which should be noted, and 1.4 is still getting bug
fixes.  2.0 is certainly not for everyone right now.

I like the new playlist system.  I've been told that eventually you'll
have full control over the interface and layout of Amarok, but they're
not there yet.  The middle space isn't used as well as I'd like, but
the framework exists to put useful apps there.

As far as Vista, I can't imagine why anyone would want to boot into
it.  I keep an XP x64 partition, but if you only need it for one small
use (iTunes) then a VM might be better, and it would save you the time
it takes to boot back and forth.

Frankly I avoid Apple products because of their proprietary, locked
nature.  I understand many aspects of their popularity, but for
precisely the same reasons I don't like Microsoft, I don't like Apple.

-- T. J.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Adam Lassek <adam at doubleprime.net> wrote:
> I've been a longtime user of 1.4, but this new version just looks awful to
> me. They've crammed the ui into much tighter spaces to make room for this
> new plasma window, which I have yet to see be put to any good use. 1.4
> suffered from a lot of ui clutter, but this doesn't strike me as an
> improvement; simply a different kind of bad.
>
> I currently favor Banshee, which has a significantly cleaner design and has
> 99% of the feature set I require. Its ipod support isn't quite as good,
> which could have been a dealbreaker; however I happen to have upgraded to a
> Touch, which as it turns out is unable to be synced in Linux at all. The
> iPod Touch is a wonderful device, but being forced to boot into Vista to
> sync new music to it has substantially dampened by enthusiasm.
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 4:46 PM, <stabbymctwist.x at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know it was out a few days ago, but who's celebrating?
>>
>> I certainly am.
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